Ernst oldenbusch



(Model.)

E. OLDENBUSCH.

BAG LOCK.

Patented Novi'. 25, 1890.

114: uname uns cui, mcrumo., msumaw, n. c.

UNITED; STATES PATENT Clarion.

ERNST OLDENBUSCH, OF JERSEY CITY, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM SOHIMPER & CO., OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

BAG-LOC K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,439, dated November 25, 1890,

Application iiled May 22, 1890. Serial No. 352,774. (Model.)

State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Locks for Bags and Spatchels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in locks, and more particularly to locks for securing bags and satchels, the object being to provide a simple and effective lock which shall present a neat external finish and in which the operative parts shall be concealed and sheltered from dust and injury.

A practical embodiment of myinvention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a longitudinal section through the lock and its support. Fig. 2 is a central transverse section. Fig. 3 is a top plan view with the cap removed to show certain interior parts more clearly, and Figli is a bottom plan view showing the position of the hasp in dotted lines.

The particular form of the lock which I have selected to illustrate my invention is one adapted to secure the folding iiaps which i form the top or cover of what is known as a cabinet satchel, and the parts of the frames, of the naps to which the parts of the lock are secured are represented in the drawings in their positions relative thereto.

The casing of the lock consists,in the form here shown, of a central cylindrical portion A and narrower wing portions a, extending in opposite directions from the central portion A.

The casing may be conveniently struck up from sheet metalof suitable thickness, so as to leave the interior of the casing hollow for the reception of the several operative parts of the lock. Y

The casing is here shown as provided with slots B at its opposite ends for the reception of the rings of the handle, and is secured to a iiat guard-strip D by means of suitable rivets I), the guard-strip D being itself secured to the Hap-frame E, here shown as of U-shaped form in crosssection, by means of rivets d, extending through the guard-plate D and both parts of the U-shaped frame E.

The locking-bolt F is preferably 'foi-med, as here shown, in the shape of a mutilated disk pivotally secured at its center to the central portion of the part A of the casing by a pivotal bolt or rivet e, its curved periphery f being located in proximity to the inner curved wall of the portion A of the casing, and the rot-arymovement on the pivotal bolt e being parallel with the longitudinal axis of the casing with depending catches f2. The ends of the catches f2 are provided with beveled edges f3, which slope toward the longitudinal axis of the casing, so that when the bolt is pressed into contact with the hasp, with the beveled ed ges f 3in engagement therewith, the tendency will be to rock the bolt F on its pivot in a clirection to allow the retaining-loops of the hasp to pass the catches f2. A spring H, havf ing one of its ends engaged with a projection h on the wall of the casing and its opposite end with a projection h on the bolt, is seated within the casing A, and its tension is exerted in such a Vdirection as to hold the bolt normally in a position to engage the hasp, and hence in a locked position.

l The hasp hereinabove referred to consists' of a body portion l, which in the example represented is a plate provided with loops or eyes t' at its ends, the portion between the loops t' being cut away, as shown at t', so as to allow the loop portions t' to project upwardly on op-v posite sides of the central portion of the diske shaped bolt. For the purpose for .which the lock herein shown is adapted the said plate I is provided with alaterally-turned base-flange t2, which is secured to the lower face of the flap-frame conveniently by rivets passing through the said flange and both parts of the U-shaped frame. The plate I projects upwardly in proximity to the front edge of the frame and in position to be received through the elongated slot K, formed in the fiat guardstrip D, into engagement with the catches f2,

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the said plate when received in the lock oc.- cupying a position perpendicular to the plane of rotation of the locking-bolt and acrosslthe center of the said bolt, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

The recessing of the upper edge of the plate l, as shown at t', is advantageous in t-hat it admits of the use of shorter catches f2, and the central portion of the disk-bolt F, received within the recess t", serves to steady the parts when in locked adjustment. obvious that the body portion might be formed without the recesses t" by regulating the length of the catches f2 to correspond.

On the upper side of the portion A of the casing a tumbler L is pivoted, the same preferably consisting of a iiat metallic piece terminating at one end in a springarm Z, the tension of which tends to hold the end of the arm pressed in contact with the surface of the casing A, so as to prevent accidental displacement of the tumbler, and for further retaining it in its locked and unlocked positions slight depressions Z are formed in the casing A, into which the turned-down end of the arm Z is received. The opposite end of the tumbler is provided with a pair of jaws Z2 and Z3, between which the key, when inserted, rocks to throw the tumbler into and out of engagement with the stud G, hereinbefore referred to, for the purpose of locking and releasing the bolt. For'this purpose the stud G is conveniently extended a short distance above the surface of the casing A, and the tumbler isprovided with a heel Z4, which, as the tumbler is rocked on its pivot, moves into position in front ot' the stud G to prevent t-he stud from moving in the slot f', or moves back from its position in front of the stud, so as. to allow the stud to move freely in the slot f In Fig. 3 the said tumbler is represented in full lines in position to allow the bolt to rock, and in dotted lines in the position which :it assumes to lock the bolt.

A cap M is constructed to fit on top of the portion A of the casing and to conceal the tumbler and other operative parts beneath it. The said cap is here shown as held in position by a thumb-piece or handle N, which is secured on the upwardly-projecting end of the pivotal bolt e, to which the locking-bolt is secured conveniently by means of a pin n, inserted through the wall of the thumb-piece Nand through t-he pivotal bolt e. The slot for the adnrissionof the key into engagement with the jaws on the tumbler is formed partly in a rotary spindle O and partly in the top of the cap M.

That portion of the slot in the key-spindle O is represented by o, and that portion in the cap M by o. The key-spindle O is itself se'- cured in position between the cap and the casing A in the present instance by means of a bead or annular projection o'P2 near its lower end to prevent its dropping through the casing A and by an annular collar o8 in It is, however, Y

position to engage the under side of the cap M. X'Vhen the key-spindle O is turned so as to cause the slot o therein to register with the slot o in the cap, the key may be inserted so as to bring its bitQJ (see Fig. 3) into position to engage one or the other of the jaws Z2 Z3, and by turning the key when so inserted the tumbler L may be rocked into position to lock or release thebolt, as hereinbefore set forth. When the tumbler is so rocked as to release the bolt, the latter may be rotated against the tension of the spring Il by turning the thumb-piece or handle N, and when so turned the catches may be lifted, together with the lock `and flap to which it is secured, out of engagement with the hasp. By means of the bevel edges of the catches the bolt is made self-locking when pressed downwardly into contact with the hasp.

It may be here mentioned that the hasp might be made with a single opening long enough to receive both of the catches of the bolt F; but it is preferable for greater strength to make two openings with solid metal between them.

What I claim as my invention isl. In a lock, the combination, with a suitable casing, of a locking-bolt pivotally secured thereto, a catch on the locking-bolt extending laterally from the plane of the rot-ation of the locking-bolt, a stop on the locking-bolt independent of the catch, and a tumbler pivotally securedV in position to swing into and out of the path of the catch, substantially as set forth.

2. In alock, the combination, with a casing, of a locking-bolt pivotally secured thereto and provided with a catch extending laterally from the plane of its rotation and a hasp consisting of a plate provided witlran opening, said hasp projecting into the casing in a position perpendicular to the plane of the rotation of the bolt for receiving the catch in the opening, substantially as set forth.

3. In a lock, the combination, with a suitable casing, of a rotary locking-bolt provided with arms extending in opposite directions from its pivotal point, catches extending at right angles to said arms, a spring engaged at one end with the locking-bolt and at the opposite end with the casing to hold the bolt in normally-rocked adjustment, means for rotating the bolt against the tension of the spring, and a hasp extending at right angles to the plane of the bolt to receive the catches, substantially as set forth.

4. In a lock, the combination, with a suitable casing provided on its under side with a seat for a locking-bolt, a rotary locking-bolt pivotally secured Within said seat, the `pivotal bolt upon which the locking-bolt is secured, projecting upwardly through the casing, and a stop on the locking-bolt, also projecting through the slot in the casing, of a tumbler pivoted tov the top of the casing in position to engage and release the stop and IOU IlO

having a frictional contact with the easing to hold it in its rocked adjustment, a cap secured to the top of the casing` in position to conceal the tumbler, andan operating device engaged with the said pivotal bolt outside of the cap, substantially as set forth.

5. The herein-described lock, comprising a suitable casing provided upon its under side with a seat for the locking-bolt, a rotary locking-bolt provided with catches upon the opposite sides of its pivotal point, a spring for holding the bolt in normally-rocked adjustment, a tumbler pivoted in the top of the casing in position to engage a stop upon the bolt and provided with jaws to engage a key, a

cap secured to the top of the casing, a keyspindle secured in rotary adj ust-ment between the cap and the casing, and a thumb-piece secured to the locking-bolt pivot outside of the cap, substantially as set forth. v

6. In a look, the combination, with a casin g, of a locking-bolt pivotally secured thereto and provided with catches extending laterally from the plane of its rotation and a hasp consisting of a plate which is provided with an opening and which projects into the said casing in a position perpendicular to the plane of the rotation of the bolt and across the cen- ERNST OLDENBUSCH.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, D. H. HAYWooD. 

